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Ridi^i., J«B. 21.—Seventeen
hsAHoo much liquor on
i nnti today the revenue
C .dtiJM^aent announced revocation
of thhtr licenaee.
Tte tHmefe Year Sigi^.
\'o Townaend Party
Washington Jan. 21.—Forma
tion of a new third political par-
baaed on the Townaend old-
ge penaion program waa labeled
Finwise’’ by the house Townaend
Ing committee" tonight.
VOL, NO. 41^ Published M6nd«yg,a^ T^awdaj^ jNORTff W3CLKE5^ N. Cy^TEViajAyi JAN. 28, |.a
Sumycof Yadldn
River Basin To Be
Made From the Air
ISIectrlficatioB Project
iJelgh. Jan. 21.---The Caro-
I’ower and Light conapany
announced approval of 18
electrification projects to
serve 274 farm customers. The
new line will total 51.5 miles and
cost $45,081.
Asks No Bonu-a Veto
Washington, Jan. 21.—An in
fluential iroup in Congress to
day contemplated a joint appeal
to President Roosevelt to let the
new bonus bill become a tew
without either signing or vetoing
the measure—as permitted ;y
the constitution.
Wilt Try Policcnmn
^^ieigb, Jan. 21.—Governor
inghaus has called a special
week term of Harnett coun-
y Superior court at Lillington
February 17 for t.ie trial of C. F.
Deans and Cris M. Pollard, .An
gler policemen, in connection
with the death of a prisoner.
Is Part of a Hufe Soil Con
servation Program by the
Federal Government
winston^aXem base
Photographs of River Basin
. Will Be Taken From Air
On Clear Days
An a«.’ial survey of the Yad
kin River basin, part of an im
mense government soil conserva
tion program, will begin , imme
diately from a base at Miller
Municipal Airport in Winston-
Salem, it -was learned last week.
An area of approximately 100
miles square, extending 100 miles
to the west, 70 miles to the
(Continued on page four)
Glenn Johnson
Now Under Bond
Man Charged With Posses
sion of 7000 Gallons of
Liquor Surrenders
ecreAtioBAl
IHork ;ln- ,Cpi^
Supervisor and £ight Cin
Workers Begin New Phase
of WFA Here
WOMEN*S DIVISION
NEW YORK . . . “Have tiiv cares of the President’s office, during the
last three eventful years, produced any marked change in the appearance
of Mr. Rooseveltf’’ was the assignment handed a Washington news camera-
man. Above are the two pictures he submitted, tliat of 1933 from fhe files,
taken shortly before inauguration and that of 1936, taken last week -as
the President nears his 54th birthday, January 30.
I Glenn Johnson, in whose home
! fifteen miles east of Wilkesboro
! in the Ingle Hollow section fed-
i eral officers seized 7,200 .gallons
.\uto ColIi.sion Fatal , (,( liquor in April, 1934, came to
Durham, Jan. 21.— Win.gate j Wilkesboro Tuesday and volun-
Beddingfield, of Clayton, was fa. : farily surrendered to Deputy
tally injured tonight at 6 o’clock | Marshal W. A. Jones,
when the automobile he was driv- j Accompanying Glenn
ing collided with another driven : Tuesday was Frank Johnson.
Senate Passes Baby
Bond Bonus Measure
by M. G. Rlgsbee. of Carpenter’s | wanted on another liquor charge.
Johnson Home Chair Office
In New Building
station, on the Raleigh
riiies from here.
Furniture Mart Go«mI
High Point, Jan. 2l.- -.\
of buyers today swelled
Southern Furniture Market
tendance beyond the 500
at the close of the second
.bualness, and throughout
highway. j-’,e also surrendered to the depu
ty marshal. Bond for Glenn John-
.'■on was set at $2,500 and $1,000
for Frank Johnson. They will be
brought to trial in the May term
of federal court in Wilkesboro.
When the tremenduous amount
mark I of 7,200 gallons of liquor was
days , being taken from Johnson’s resi-
1*10 dence in April by revenue agents
 >ffice Of Ixjcal I'lnii Now Occu
pying Handsome Tivo-Story
nrick Building ^
Office.s of the Home Chair ‘
company, progressive nianufac-
turlng firm here, were moved ‘
this week from the old quarters
in !i small frame building, to the
1 —■ —
5 to 1 Majority In
Favor Payment
Three Per Cent Bonds In
Small Denominations Will
Pay the Soldiers
BONDS NEGOTIABLE
got
und- 1
since
new office building, which
Another henv? | meantime seizing other large a
ration of new buyers is ex-; mounts of whiskey and making
Wednesday. j other arrests while hunting for
Johnson.
The seizure at Johnson’s liome
Raleigh Jan. 21.—The state „{ i,ii;t cases of fruit
highway patrol today reported. fiupd „.j(h liquor, 50 five-
there were 1,810 arrests for traf-1 ;„iq three 50-gal-
fic law violations in North Caro- j barrels filled with whiskey,
link in December, including 227 | ;pvcrul thousand pounds of su.gar
for driving drunk. The arrests j ^^.p^e confiscated and a half doz-
for drunken driving showed a j.,ju,. „.erc destroyed in that
decrease for the first time in four| vicinity.
years, the December total having, Ta.xes ami penalties on the va.sl
been 332 when there were 2.S32 | ,,,mutlty of liquor, which filled
nrrests for all violations. 1 ., large portion of Johnson’s
eight-room residcnee. would have
! amounted to the sum of $2S.OOO.
officers estimated.
Washington, Jan. 20.—A sol-
I diers’ bonus bill, calling for pay-
Lower House Expected io
Approve Senate Bill In
brick structure, affords ample
space for all the company's offic
es and an attractive sho-w room ^
is included in the second story, j meiii of full 1945 maturity value
till $50 bonds, ■n’as shovvd to
I within a step of the Wliite House
' lonight as Hie senate passed it
along to a receptive house by a
top-heavy vote of 74 to 16.
The nearly five to one nia-
.jority rolled up for the Demo
cratic-Republican, two billion dol
lar
Products Sewing
Room Are Valued
Safe Driving ('anipaigii
New' Y'ork. Jan. 21.—Spokes
men of the automobile industry-
today launched a national cam
paign for safe driving. ‘ We've
got to make it smart to drive
safely,^iufiteadof smart to be
rJBFless!^’^ Faul ft. Hoffman,
president of Ihc Studebaker cor
poration, and chairman of the
Automobile Manufacturer's asso
ciation safety committee.
Steals 200 Chicken-s
Salisbury, Jan. 21.-James U.
Smith charged in 11 cases with
■tealing over 200 chickens from
!$wan farmers was sent up by
aunty court today under bonds
otaling over $4,000. lu two cas
es charging other thefts Smith
was given 22 months. Laddie Wil- ■
liams, 16-year-oId youth, was al
so sent up on the wholesale theft
cMIfigee.
Huree^ Alleged
Thieves Are Held
'For Tb«fts of Grain, Meat
and Poultry in Boomer
Community
Prominent farmers of the
Boomer community are hoping
that the arrest of three men re
cently on charges of stealing will
mean an end to the thieving bus
iness In that section of the coun
ty, where several farmers have
lost grain, meat and poultry to
the tune of several hundred dol
lars during the last few weeks.
Charlie and Walter Church
and Arthur Price, who live in the
>,9^Npkdn Valley west of this city,
jal! at Wilkesboro charg-
\«UAith the thefts. Enraged citi-
the community are said
,^’^Te found the three men Fri-
. th an automobile contain-
i caiB^of produce thought
♦ft^Uive beeMstolen and *-hey were
*"li8ld deputy Sheriff R. F.
■gjyifT. -Who ves in that nelghbor-
bhood,
By Welfare Officer; To Be
Used In Relief to Desti
tute Families
1 enough to
Clothing and comforts made by \ The house
women in the WPA sewing rooms immediate payment by
and turned over to the county i greater majority—"5fi
commissioners to be used ihrough j hut without specifying the
Miss Lucile .Hamby 3upKW*
‘ visor; Vmpus''Atctivitm« y
. Are'SpMtammd
’ Mias Ha HolmaSTdirMtdr *of
womans division, ot-
progress administration .in j^llkee
and Jour adjoining counties, said
today that a recreatio.nal project
is now under way In Wilkes coun
ty. ■ ■ -
Miss Lucile Hamby is super
visor of the project and at the
present time she has. eight co-
workers in various communities
In the county. -
At present the recreational ac
tivities are confined principally
to the larger schools but as the
project progresses. It is hoped
that It will be of considerable
benefit to adults, especially those
who are employed in industrial
plants in North Wilkesboro.
The purpose of the recreation
al project Miss Hamby said, is
to develop recreational centers
and to make it as educational as
possible: to build up the stand
ard of community life and to
devel )p and Improve the social
life of the community. ''Activities
the recreational project plana to
carry out,” she said, ‘‘will pro
vide a better way of .spending
leisure time.”
Ten points are stressed in ac
tivities sponsored by the project:
good singing, dramatics, games,
stunts, athletics, including bas
ketball, indoor tennis and volley
ball, social parties, handcrafts,
home making, supervised skating
ureas and weight normalcy.
.Miss Holman and Miss Hamby
recently attended a state meet-
women’s division directors
ti^" recreatloauil project
follows: ■- ‘‘It is_ said that all
should live a full life. W|e have
learned that every full life must
balance its time to include four
fundamental activities: work,
play, love .and worship. It is the
privilege of this project to guide
one of the fundamental activities
—play. Play time is the re-crea
tion period in life, the time when
energy and spirit is rebuilt hav
ing been so completely rundown
because of the many present day
For Wilkes Is
■V ,• t , J • j
tVAToJFw^^
PhoqibalKr]^
fcscplimc
Antoine (abovs), yotutf Amnean|
coloratura aopr^ Bcvlder,.
Colorado, won mad' pialH tran tho'
erities in her MatMMUtav deibnt in
the opera, “Mignoe'*. iCbaKatiCBal;
Music League }ator sotertaixad >er
as an honored
Welfare Work “
In N. Carolina
Is Reorganized
J. M> .Germu Heads Ortmm-
xation; T. W. Fergiuonf^.
H. C. Roberts, CoBiiattty
MEETING IS HEli) ^
At Courthouse in Wilkeabono
Tuesday Morning’; Repre^
sentative CrowdPretent •
Wilkes county Bdil conser
vation and land use "associ
ation was organized in WiJ-
kesboro Tuesday with a rep
resentative crowd of farm
ers from various sections of
the county present.
This organization, headed
by J. H. German, of Boomer,
prominent dairyman and
farmer, as president, will
work in cooperation with the
North Carolina _ extension
service and the ~ Tennessee
Valley Authority, which has
I expanded its area of demon
stration farming into North
Carolina.
• The meeting of farmere was
I called on necessarily short notice
by A. G. Hendren Wilkes farm
I agent. W. B. Collins. Watauga
Miss Victoria Bell to Havel county farm agent, who has had
tho welfare department are going
to lie quite a godsend in Wilkes
this year, according to a state
ment hy Charles McN’iel, county
welfare officer.
.'VIr. McNiel stated that Miss
; 11a Holman director of the
I women's division of the WPA.
North Wilkesboro and Wil-. Iiari turned over to the county
kesboro Teams to Clash | several hundred articles of cloth-
Friday Night i and *»ed comforts, which will
' he used to alleviate distress and
desti-1
propo.sal was easily more fltan ! ^1,^^,,,^. activities.”
pass it over a veto, j jj, somewhat handi-
already has approved j capjied because of lack of mater-
an *'''*‘n.j„|p .,nd for this reason .Misses
to •‘9 - I aaj Haniby are request-
: ing the donation of balls, play-
observers I
Headquarters Here for
Twenty Counties
Miss Victoria Bell, formerly
administrator for the emergency
relief -1
eighth
state and'
western North Carolina counties
and will have headquarters here,
It was learned today.
The welfare work is being ex
panded and reorganized in order
to care* for a greater volume of
work due to the discontinuance
of the relief administration, it
is understood. It will continue to
operate under the supervision of
Mrs. W. T. Host, .state welfare
head, hut with di.strict offices and
case workers to work with each
county welfare superintendent.
Office help for each county, it is
understood, will also be provided.
quite much experience in deal
ing with TVA demonstration,
farms in Watauga, was present
and explained the plans, purpos
es and requirements of demon
stration farms and the extent to
nient method. Some
Lions, Ramblers
Will Play Here!
jiredicted a
veto, hut even Deni- |
said it would he
zrouml equipment. magazines.
ei\ "The success of the project
erratic leaders said it would ite „.i!l depend somewhat on the in-
overrlden. ^ lerest shown in the various com-
Speakei- liyins said the baby j mnnities. We appreciate the in-
bond'’ bill will be take.n up in [,.r,.st shown by business men
the house tVednesday. allowing j pave .so lieautifully rospond-
member.s a day’s notice. Bonus ; reqi ests from us and who
.suffering among
tute families.
the most
A sports highlight of the cur
rent season will be on Friday
night, when North Wilkesboro
high -school’s Mountain Lions wil! Sale Auto Plates
clash with Wilkesboro's Ramb- i
lers in basketball gam’s. '
Roth boys and girls will play j
and the first game wil! start at j
seven o’clock. Rooters for teams
of both school.s are expected to j
turn out in large numbers to add automobile and truck
color and zest to the occasion ; ^orth Wil-
The teams are in good s ape ^jggboro license bureau branch at
I'or their annual clashes ana the
leaders predicted house accept-1 willinguess to co-
ance of the senate substitute hy with those working on
an overwhelming ballot. project,” Mi.ss Hamby said
Only Nine Democrats Oppose j today in discussing this eompar-
A double defeat in the senate  gu^piy new phase of the WI’.A in
■for payment of the world war|^yj]^p^ county.
to* the advic*
of the.,^tensioD, service and the
Tennessee' Valley Authority.
With Mr. German on a central
county committee of three are T.
W. Ferguson and H. C. Roberts,
who will pass on applications for
members in the association and
direct the work in general.
lu reiiini for performing cer
tain obligations which are design
ed to improve farms the TVA
will I'uriiisli phosphate free to be
used by the farmers on land used
in legumes, grasse's. winter cover
crops which will build up the
oil and at the same time pre
vent and control erosion,
Tliere are six major lequire-
inents that members of the asso
ciation must meet in order to
secure tho plio.sphale to he used
oil their lands. Tlie ri qairements
are ;
! 1. To set up a new program of
I iilaiit supply and agree to use
crops that hold and improve soil.
' „ , . 2. To use other methods of soil
Perry Lowe, of Pores Knob,
was elected president of the | eluding terraces, _dams, trees or
Brtisliy .Mountain Fruit Growers : (Continued on’page eight)
Fruit Growers in
Annual Meeting
Perry Lowe Named Presi
dent For Coming Yee*;
Other Officers Named
of the world war
I adjusted servioa certificates in i
I new currency was expected to in- :
Ahead Last Year
Sjil€*s .It Ixicnl Bureau Tue.sila.V
t,2«I In Excess of Numlx’r
Siutie Date 198r>
keen spirit of rivalry always as
sures thrilling and hard fought
contests with each player put
ting his best Into the game.
Rock Diner To
Open On Friday
.Mrs. I. C. Church To Open Xexv
Cafe la Wilkesboro In Fer
guson Building
The Rock Diner, newest addi
tion to Wilkesboro’s business
district, will open to the public
on Friday, January 24. Mrs. I. C.
Church will be proprietor
The Rock Diner will be locat
ed in the attractive new buildng
erected near the courthouse by
C. H. Ferguson. The cafe, Mrs.
Ch.qrch stated, will be modern
and sanitary in every respect and
a complete cafe service will be
offered. Free sandwiches and
drinks will be served Friday five
to nine p. m.
wa*i
Notified. He placed
-in Mil at Wilkesboro aqd
there vKW awaitlBg ^hearing on
F. C. Forester 111
F. C. (Tom) Forester, promi
nent local business man, is still
a patient in a Statesville ho'spital,
where he has been receiving
treatment for an infected hand.
Friends will be glad to know that
his condition is improving.
the close of business on Tuesday,
January 21. were 1,201 ahead of
the number sold up to and in
cluding the same date last year,
it was reported yesterday by J.
C. McDiarmid, in charge of the
branch bureau.
This large invrease is attribut
ed to lower price of automobile
plates and diligent efforts of tho
highway patrol, which has dis
trict headquarters in this city.
The increase in number of
plates sold will more than offset
the amount of the difference be
tween licenses plate prices last
year and the reduced prices in
effect this year.
Sale of city license tags for
the town of North Wilkesboro,
which are also being handled by
Mr. McDiarmid. are also tar a-
head of the number sold up to
the corresponding date in 1935.
Repi’csentative Of FHA
Coining Here Tuesday
J. Marion Bolick, field repre
sentative of the Federal Housing
administration, will spend Tues
day, January 28, in North Wil
kesboro conferring with those in
terested in obtaining FHA loans.
He will maintain headquarters at
the law office of Attorney W. H.
McElwee.
fluence house supporters of the
j inflationary Patman bill, vetoed
' last session, to refrain from
! pressing this i.ssue.
i Only nine Democrats and seven
' Republicans today voted against
senate passage. Fifty-six Demo-
jerats, 15 Republicans, 2 farmer-
; laborites and the lone pfogres-
I sivo. LaFollette replied in the
affirmative.
Beginning July 15 next, the
$50 bonds and as much cash as
would be needed to take care of
odd amounts, would be made
available to .around 3,500,006
bonus holders at local postoffic-1
es.
They could cash the bonds Im
mediately or hold them as an
investment. If held, they would
pay 3 per cent simple annual in
terest for nine years. If redeem
ed the first year no interest
would be paid.
Sponsors of the bill claim the
demands on the treasury the first
year would not exceed $1,260,-
000,000 on the theory that thous
ands of veterans—500,000 have
not borrowed on their certifi
cates—■would hold their “baby"
bonds as a nest egg.
Opponents contended it would
cost the government $1,000,000,-
000 more than it promised to pay
In 1925, and that tho mov© may
place the nation’s credit in a
dangerous position.
To Play Roai^ River
I. .
Boys’ and 'girls' basketball
teams of Wilkesboro high school
will play Roallng River at Wil
kesboro thig afternoon. : ~
Library Project
Started By WPA
School Library Volumes To
Be Repaired and Cata
logued by Reliefers
-\ unique project that is de
stined to be of considerable bene
fit has been started in Wilkes
TOunty through the women's di
vision of the Works Progress Ad
I ministration.
Miss Ha Holman, in charge of
the women’s division of the WPA j to'dem^onstratlon list. A com-
in the branch district with head- j pjete program giving dates and
quarters here, stated today that places of demonstrations, will be
nine women on relief rolls had ■ announced later.
been given work on a traveling!
library and book mending pro
ject in Wilkes.
This project cal'.s for repairing
volumes and cataloguing school
libraries in the county. Many
bh Jly worn books will be salvag
ed and rapalred while the librar
ies in all the principal schools
will be efficiently catalogued.
This work is now under way.
in animal meetin.g at the court-
lioiisp in Wilkesboro Saturday.
Other officers named included
Robert L. Morehouse, vice presi
dent and Mrs. C. F. Brothol!
was re-elected secretary. A com
mittee. was appointed to work out
I plan for a membership cani-
pai.gn.
The fruit growers association
works very efficiently on a co
operative basis. It Is composed of
lending orchardlsts of the Brush-
ies, considered the best adapted
frivit growing section of the state.
H. R. Niswonger, extension
horticukiirist, plans to meet with
fruit growers on February’ 12
and 13. H© will continue demon
strations in the orchards where
the work was started last year
and will add two new orchards
Mrs. Butner Returns
Mr. M. G. Butner, popular
manager- of the local branch of
The Duke Power company, went
to Statesville yesterday to*, bring
back Mrs, Butner, who had been
taking treatment in a hospital
there for several, days.' ’• Many
friends are glad to know that her
condition. has greatly Improved.
Dr. Burrus Will
Address Kiwanis
In Meeting Friday at Noon;
Is Eminent Senator From
Guilford 'County
Dr. John T. Burrus of High
Point, eminent senator who was
in the-limelight in the last legis-
latnre, will be the speaker in
the meeting of the North Wil
kesboro Kiwanis club Friday at
noon. i .
,The program will be in charge
of A. H. Casey. ,
Mrs. J. B. Hall^who has been
seriously HI-with ^'pneumonia, is
much Improved.’
Charlotte Bus Line
Is Favored Here
Local People Favor Proposal
to Operate West-Jeffer-
son-Charlotte Line
(renerally speaking, local peo
ple are hoping that the state util
ities commission will grant a
franchise to E. O. Woodie to ope
rate a bus line between West Jef
ferson and Charlotte by way of
North Wilkesboro.
A hearing was held recently
and the only opposltiou was from
the Carolina Coach company. Ov
er which lines the proposed route
■would overlap the short distance
between Newtot and Conover. It
is expected that the franchise
will be granted.
"rhe bus would leave West
Jefferson at seven a. m., arrive
in North Wilkesboro at eight a.
m., arrive in Charlotte at 10 a.
m„ leave Charlotte at four p. m..
arrive In North Wilkesboro at six
p. m. and return to West Jeffer
son at seven p. -m.s '-**
This would mean that Ashe
I county people could travel by bus
lover highway 16 to North Wil
kesboro and spend the day here -
and return in the evening, 'nte -
same applies to local people On'
business trips to Charlotte and
other points along the'-' route.
Communities which would be
served along the route indnde
Glendale' Springs, Rejldles. River.
Millers Creek, • Moravian' Falla
and Poree Knob fit Wllkea, Tay-
lotariUo, Conover, Newton, Daor
ver, Lbhlsville'- Rorrllle rorry